what are they up to?
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What are they up to? Martin Šulík [ director ]
Zuzana Piussi [ director and documentary filmmaker ] At the moment, I am traveling by train to Bratislava, we have an acting rehearsal, and then we start shooting a fiction film Unbalanced (Zošalieť). I have a costume with me, it includes crutches. When I was in a hurry, trying to catch the train, people started helping me. Well, that was a first! Sitting here, I am watching a documentary by Adam Curtis. I say to myself that everything has already been filmed, we are overwhelmed with videos, all you have to do is “wisely connect” all the dots in the world. What is important is an analysis without ideology, an attempt to guide people to look at the world outside their social bubble and to be able to understand the feelings and motivations of those in other bubbles. After the film comes out, I am curious about the discussion since I believe that a good film can initiate an intriguing debate. Suddenly, it makes sense why liberals are the better and more tolerant ones. So, the search continues... I love traveling by train.
Time both flies and stands still. Together with Marek Leščák, we are writing a screenplay. Right now, I am shooting a documentary about the painter Laco Teren, and I am curious how the audience will accept The Man with Hare Ears (Muž so zajačími ušami). The premiere is already two years overdue.
Zuzana Mistríková [ producer ] We are preparing to shoot a new period film Ema & Death's-Head (Ema a smrtihlav, SK / CZ / HU) by Iveta Grófová [Little Harbor (Piata loď), Berlinale 2017, Crystal Bear for the Best Film Generation Kplus)] with Alexandra Borbély in the lead role. At the same time, we are developing a four-part miniseries by Tereza Nvotová [Filthy (Špina), IFF Rotterdam 2017)] Convictions, adapted for television from Jo Langer’s memoir Convictions: My Life with a Good Communist, published in 1979. The project is created in a Slovak-Czech-Hungarian co-production, which has already engaged Czech and Slovak public televisions as well.
